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Saturday, 10 February 2007

Strange as it Seems

4 comments:

I loved 'Strange' but sadly seemed to be in a massive minority - it's one of the many deserving series that never got past one season whilst dreadful rubbish like My Hero runs for year after banal and uninspired year.

I enjoyed “Strange” too although I’ve yet to see the final episode (with Tom Baker) as the PDC failed on the VHS! Many of my favourite one season series seem to have been on BBC2. Obviously, I would like to have seen more of “Star Cops” as well as Jonathan Hyde in “Shadow of the Noose”, which I adored at the time, and also Edward Petherbridge in “The Dorothy L Sayers Mysteries”, to name but three. It’s a shame Emily Joyce has spent so long languishing in the sitcom hell that is “My Hero”. I thought she showed promise in the “Cracker” story “True Romance”.

A Brief History

I consider myself fortunate to have watched the science fiction television series Doctor Who from the very beginning. I prefer the programme’s early years from which my favourite story is the Patrick Troughton serial Fury From The Deep. I am also an admirer of Gerry Anderson’s puppet shows and successive live-action series, from Fireball XL5 to Space Precinct and beyond! My pick is an episode of UFO entitled The Psychobombs. I am currently addicted to US supernatural drama Medium while, in film, I’ve always adored the gothic horror of Hammer. On first hearing Roxy Music’s Virginia Plain, music, both popular and classical, became the major force in my life, so much so that I gained a BA in the subject from Nottingham University and an M.Mus in composition from Goldsmiths, University of London. Mahler’s Symphony No. 2 In C Minor - The Resurrection and Stravinsky’s The Rite Of Spring are favoured scores. Aladdin Sane by David Bowie is probably my favourite rock album. Singles of choice are Mott The Hoople’s All The Young Dudes, Steve Harley And Cockney Rebel’s Make Me Smile (Come Up And See Me) and No More Heroes by The Stranglers.